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natas

I was just going through this thread oddly enough, me and a couple of friends of mine (yes I have friends) were discussing something very similar.

We were in the middle of welding a basketball goal to the inside of a hopper barge so we could play ball on a southbound trip to Greenville MS. That's when my buddy asked how much the motion of the barges would affect the trajectory of the basketball as we were moving downriver. After about 30 seconds, we all had headaches and gave up.

I lost that game.

**Posted:** Mon Mar 03, 2008 11:21 pm

addlepated

Natas: Not much different from how a moth can hover while in the cabin of an airplane going 500 mph. Relative speed!

**Posted:** Mon Mar 03, 2008 11:57 pm

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pegassissy · Unfettered Joined: 14 Aug 2007 Posts: 552

**Posted:** Tue Mar 04, 2008 12:13 am

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And then the nurse comes round and everyone will lift their heads
But I'm thinking of what Sarah said, "Love is watching someone die"
So who's going to watch you die?...

natas

**Posted:** Tue Mar 04, 2008 12:15 am

MeCon

I never thought that my question would have received so much interest. Thanks for all your theories.

**Posted:** Tue Mar 04, 2008 4:03 pm

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There is no dark side of the moon, really. As a matter of fact it's all dark.

Rogi Ocnorb

**Posted:** Tue Mar 04, 2008 9:35 pm

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I'm telling you now, so you can't say, "Oh, I didn't know...Nobody told me!"

natas

Hey now! Watch it. j/k

**Posted:** Tue Mar 04, 2008 9:55 pm

Rogi Ocnorb

**Posted:** Tue Mar 04, 2008 10:29 pm

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I'm telling you now, so you can't say, "Oh, I didn't know...Nobody told me!"

addlepated

**Posted:** Wed Mar 05, 2008 12:55 am

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Give a man a match, and he is warm for a night. Light a man on fire, and he's warm for the rest of his life.